CENTER: Crises averted

In late 2015, the Northern Idaho Crisis Center opened its doors in Coeur d’Alene, providing hundreds of adults in Idaho’s 10 northern counties immediate, effective help with behavioral health or substance abuse iss…

NEWS: Tell whole story

Simply a comment referring to recent articles about fake news. Sunday’s paper continued this subject with their article Living In Bubbles, along with Sholeh Patrick’s column, all concerning news gathered on Faceboo…

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READING: The golden key

I very much did appreciate your editorial last Sunday. I think you hit the nail on the head. If a family reads to their children and helps them learn to read before they enter school then the child will do well in …

THANKS: Falling for N. Idaho

To the customers entering the Mountain West Bank in Hayden on Prairie Avenue in the early afternoon of Nov. 23. I am a 91+ year-old newcomer to Idaho from Michigan and took a pretty hard fall in the lobby.

DISAGREE: It's OK, America

Liberty requires eternal vigilance, especially now. Americans are guaranteed the right to criticize our political leaders — a tradition that campaigner Trump embraced fully and with vulgarity. But now elected, he a…

Service for a juvenile smile

If you’re looking for the real meaning of the season — some might go so far as to say the meaning of life — a 14-year-old gave you a hint on Thanksgiving Day.

MEETINGS: A dam tragedy

I am greatly disappointed in the court-ordered information meetings currently being held by federal agencies regarding the future of the four lower Snake River dams. While attendance was high in both Spokane and Le…

TUESDAY: Gift of food

As a kid, the holidays were always a special time to look forward to. They marked a break from school, a time of travel to visit loved ones and enjoy home-cooked meals. This time of year it’s traditions that bring …

TRUMP: Other priorities

We all want government to change and here are some ideas for President-elect Trump from my forgotten corner of the country. Change the focus and direction of the Hanford Nuclear Reservation cleanup in Washington st…

WARMING: Hoax hurts Dems

Trigger alert! Liberal snowflakes should skip this letter, as it might leave them feeling confused or upset.

TRUMP: Look out ahead

This new administration is turning out so far to be worse than our worst nightmare. Fiona Gressler’s letter to the editor only touched on what’s to come.

TRUMP: 'Man of God?'

A letter to the editor in the Nov. 13 paper: “We have a man of God in the White House.” What planet do you live on? (We have a stripper for a First Lady.)

CRASH: And a complaint

Last Friday night I was a victim of what I would call hot rodding by an 18-year-old girl in a 2016 Camero. Which ended up in her slamming on her brakes in front of me on Ramsey Road. After sliding into her from 15 …

FINANCES: Check, please

As I read the article of Nov. 17 “Public Defender Funding Bantered: County, state officials discuss topics of mutual interest,” I was left with a question I would really like our elected officials to answer. Why ar…